1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
At the U -21 Football Championship in 1990, 30 teams participating. The European Championship was launched Aug. 30, 1988 and concluded on 17 October 1990.
Defending champions France failed in the first round. The Soviet Union secured the third time the European title.
The German Democratic Republic and Austria, who were in a group with the Soviet Union, so just stayed in the preliminary round on the track, such as Switzerland, which had to defer to Italy. Germany won its preliminary round group, but failed in the quarterfinals of the Soviet Union.
- 4.1 quarterfinals
- 4.2 Semi-finals
- 4.3 final
Mode
The 30 teams were in eight groups - six groups of four teams and two groups of three teams - solved. The national selections had to work through their encounters with return game. The group winners ( marked in yellow ) were qualified for the quarter-finals, was played from the knock-out system with return game until the final.
Participant
Qualification
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Final round
Quarterfinals
For the quarter-finals, the eight group winners were qualified.